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that doesn't sound like the description at all...
by vitno 15y ago
that doesn't sound like the description at all...
- Eliezer 15y agoIt's possible that somebody is confusing this with an LW meetup, or possibly the Megacamp (that didn't work nearly as well as the one-week Minicamp which is why we aren't repeating it), or something else. Attendees of the previous Minicamp were nearly unanimous about how awesome it was, and they weren't socially awkward.
- SilasX 15y agoWell, those who publicly spoke about it were unanimous in its being awesome. SIAI isn't very open about stats for the remainder. Also, I don't think a regular LW meetup would be described as involving "teaching people to be less socially awkward". I've followed LessWrong, and I hadn't heard anything, until the GP, about it giving off such an aura of "the blind leading the blind".
- rms 15y agoI expect that Scott's friend generally had a great experience at the camp and made a somewhat flippant and self-deprecating comment that was appropriate in a social context, but wasn't Scott's friend's most important takeaway from the experience. You can see all of the feedback to the survey question asking what about the camp could be improved here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/678g http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awe...
- Eliezer 15y agoNo, we took surveys and everyone except one person rated in the 9-10 range, I believe.
- SilasX 15y agoAnd then in a few months everyone promptly returned to their status quo ante minicamp ... or at least, the available results are observationally equivalent thereto.
- Eliezer 15y agoYour statement is false as a matter of fact. We have a one-year life-outcomes followup study planned, but the preliminary indications don't fit with 'status quo', and there are plenty of participant comments on the LW thread which explicitly say otherwise. Stop making stuff up.